The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to establish permanent military bases at the Kiri axis in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area and the Ayere-Akunu border in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State to combat rising cases of banditry, terrorism and kidnapping. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the member representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency, Hon. Salman Idris, during plenary. He said the two corridors serve as strategic routes linking the North-Central with the South-West and other southern parts of the country, making them vulnerable to criminal activities. Idris noted that the vast forests spanning Kogi, Kwara, Niger,...

The Federal Government has raised alarm over the growing burden of cancer in Africa, saying the disease now claims more lives than war and kills more Africans than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Adekunle Salako, disclosed this on Friday at the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) and the Best of ASCO Africa 2026 conference in Abuja. Citing Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) data, he said Africa recorded 1,187,697 new cancer cases and 721,629 cancer-related deaths in 2024. Salako said Nigeria accounts for about 10.5 per cent of the continent’s cancer burden, placing it among the three...

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to establish permanent military bases at the Kiri axis in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area...

The Federal Government has raised alarm over the growing burden of cancer in Africa, saying the disease now claims more lives than war and...